Clover-buncher.



PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

' G. G. BEHM. CLOVER BUN-CHER. APPLIGATION FILED APR. 17, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Parent @rricn.

CHRISTIAN O. BEl-IM, OF BLOOMVILLE, OHIO.

CLOVER-BUNCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,529, dated January6, 1903.

Application filed April 1'7, 1902.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN O. BEHM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomville, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Clover-Buncher, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to machines employed in assisting in harvestingclover and similar products; and it consists in an attachment wherebythe buncher-teeth are maintained yieldably in operative position andautomatically returned to their operative position after the dischargeof each bunch, as hereinafter shownand described,and specificallypointed out in the claims.

The device can be applied to any of the various forms of machinesemployed for the purpose of bunching clover and similar products; butfor the purpose of illustration I have shown it applied to an approvedform of such machines, Figure 1 representing a longitudinal section withthe improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thedevice detached.

The base or gather-table of the buncher is represented at 10 and thetooth-head at 11, carrying the teeth (represented at 12) and the guards,(represented at 13). The head is supported by standards 14:, rising fromthe baseframe. All these parts are of the usual construction andrepresent a conventional form of a machine of this class.

The invention which is the subject of the present application consistsof an arm or lever 15, bolted or otherwise connected to the toothhead11, as at 15; and supporting a weight "16, the latter adj ustablyconnected to the arm by a bolt 17, as shown. The weight 16 will extendrearwardly of. the teeth 12, and thus exert a constant downward force tomaintain the lower or free ends 12 of the teeth 12 normally in properworking position with relation to the gather-frame, as shown in Fig. 1,and in order that this force may not carry the teeth too'far forward astop 18 is provided to support the weight and limit its downwardmovement. The weight, as before stated, is adjustable upon the rod 15,so that it can be adapted to the work required of it and the force whichit exerts upon the Serial No. 103,395. (No model.)

teeth 12 increased or decreased by moving it nearer to or farther awayfrom the toothhead 11. The bolt 17 is formed with a hook 17 at one endand a nut 17 at the other end, the hook engaging the arm 15 andmaintaining it in a groove in the weight, so that one of the bolts onlywill be required to secure the weight in place. By this simple means theteeth 12 are maintained yieldably in working position, and when thetooth-head 11 is rotated to elevate the teeth 12 and allow the gatheredbunch to pass off from the gather-table the weight will be elevated, andwhen the tooth-head is released the weight will automatically return theteeth to their normal operative position.

The weights may be of any size and as many may be employed upon eachtooth-head as required; but generally one will be sufficient, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In aclover-buncher, a gathertable, standards rising from the same, atransverse shaft supported by said standards and forming the tooth-head,teeth and guards attached to and projecting from said head, an armattached to and extending radially from the tooth-head, and disposed toswing upwardly when the teeth swing rearwardly in the act of discharginga bunch, a weight secured adjustably to said arm, and a stop extendingfrom one of the standards to limit the downward movement of the arm.

2. In a clover-buncher, the combination with a gather-table havingstandards rising therefrom, of a rock-shaft journaled to said standardsand provided with radially-extend V ing teeth and guards, and an armsecured to and extending radially from said rock-shaft and carrying aweight disposed to counteract the rearward pressure against the teeth ofthe rock-shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two-witnesses.

CHRISTIAN o. BEHlVI.

Witnesses:

J. F. WALKER, G. W. KIEFFER.

